Start Jalen Hurts or Kirk Cousins? Week 5
Locks at kickoff, graded after.
Start Jalen Hurts over Kirk Cousins
- Market projects
- 15.4
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 98%
- Through Week 4
- Market projects
- 14.3
- fantasy pts
- Snap share
- 100%
- Through Week 4
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Our Week 5 call
Start Jalen Hurts over Kirk Cousins in Week 5.
Market-based projections have Jalen Hurts at 15.4 points and Kirk Cousins at 14.3, a gap of 1.1. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 15.5 fantasy points for Jalen Hurts, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Jalen Hurts at 193.5 passing yards and 26.5 rushing yards, with a 32% chance to score a touchdown (13, 15 and 14 market sources).
Player markets imply 14.3 fantasy points for Kirk Cousins, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.
The market has Kirk Cousins at 229.5 passing yards, 1.5 passing touchdowns and 0.5 rushing yards, with a 6% chance to score a touchdown (14, 16, 4 and 15 market sources).
That puts Jalen Hurts 1.1 points ahead of Kirk Cousins on the market projections.
Injury status
Jalen Hurts is not on the injury report.
Kirk Cousins is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 5
Through Week 4, Jalen Hurts played 98 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 137 times and threw an average of 7.8 air yards per attempt.
Jalen Hurts, Week 1 against WAS: 55 of 55 snaps, 14 of 25 passes for 203 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 48 yards.
Jalen Hurts, Week 2 against TEN: 76 of 76 snaps, 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 5 carries for 16 yards.
Jalen Hurts, Week 3 against CHI: 46 of 50 snaps, 16 of 25 passes for 153 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 25 yards.
Jalen Hurts, Week 4 against LAR: 61 of 61 snaps, 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 5 carries for 18 yards.
Through Week 4, Kirk Cousins played 100 percent of LV snaps, dropped back 149 times and threw an average of 8.8 air yards per attempt.
Kirk Cousins, Week 1 against MIA: 68 of 68 snaps, 21 of 30 passes for 160 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, 2 carries for 0 yards.
Kirk Cousins, Week 2 against LAC: 63 of 63 snaps, 19 of 29 passes for 253 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, 1 carry for 4 yards.
Kirk Cousins, Week 3 against NO: 70 of 70 snaps, 22 of 33 passes for 248 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 5 yards.
Kirk Cousins, Week 4 against KC: 84 of 84 snaps, 31 of 49 passes for 365 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Jalen Hurts played 16 games for PHI and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.
He completed 294 of 454 passes for 3224 yards, 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran 105 times for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.
He was on the field for 98 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Kirk Cousins played 10 games for ATL and scored 108.5 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing QB35.
He completed 166 of 269 passes for 1721 yards, 10 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran 14 times for 7 yards and 1 touchdown.
He was on the field for 46 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 5 calls
On the draft board
Ranked ahead
QB21 · PHI · bye 10
2026 vs pass yds line 1-3
- Overall rank
- 108
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 6
Ranked behind
QB26 · LV · bye unlisted
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Overall rank
- 127
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 7
The board cards are draft figures, not the week's call. Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 5, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
The gap between them
- Spots apart on the board19
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Tierstier 6 and tier 7
- Board size223 draftable players
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